Published 18 August 2023 Climathon is a hackathon for climate solution that is organized simultaneously in over 100 city’s all around the world. Climate-KIC@LU organized Climathon in Lund on the 7-11th of November. The 5 day event was a great success with over 70 participants. A large group of experts, staff, jury members, workshop leaders and others helped the participants out in creating the cli

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2022 - 2025-05-13

Published 13 December 2016 On the 8th of November Climate-KIC held a large Pan-European event in Frankfurt. Here is a short report about this event. Climate-KIC innovation Summit Frankfurt 8/11The event started off with a talk on the urgency of action to meet the threats of climate change with action by John Schellnhuber CBE, Founder/Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). M

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Published 22 December 2016 urban transition workshop On the 29th of November there was an Urban Transition Workshop in Malmö hosted by Climate-KIC. The workshop was held at Malmö Live and was well visited by relevant local, national and international actors. People from research, public administration and academia were represented.Here is an article from Climate-KIC about the event.Here are some p

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Published 22 December 2016 Enjay is one of the companies from Lund University that has joined the Climate-KIC Start-up Accelerator. We made a visit to their office in Stävie to find out more about what they do. Enjay – Recovering heat and saving moneyEnjay addresses a need that probably few people would be pondering about - the heat in the outgoing air from restaurant kitchen ventilation. Jesper a

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/enjay-filtration-climate-kic-accelerator-company-lund-university - 2025-05-13

Published 13 December 2016 From the 1 of November there is a new Climate-KIC project coordinator at the Lund University working actively with involving research at the University in the different Climate-KIC initiatives. During the first months the position will be held temporarily by Olof Blomqvist. Here is a short interview with Olof. Interview with Olof Blomqvist, Climate-KIC Project Coordinato

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Published 29 December 2016 During 2016 there has been some involvement in different Climate-KIC activities at Lund University. Here are short descriptions of the different Projects. AcceleratorIn 2016 the following activities have been taking place at Lund University within the Climate-KIC.LU Innovation is the contact point at the university for Start-ups and entrepreneurs wanting to engage in Cli

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-activities-lund-university-2016 - 2025-05-13

Published 6 February 2017 The second Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day was held at DTU Skylab on the 27th of January 2017. From preparations all the way until the finishing drinks, the event was in every way a great success. No less than 59 idea suggestions were submitted in advance. Out of this great pool of ideas, a little more than a third (23) was selected and allowed to pitch at the event. The

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Published 27 March 2017 Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private partnership tackling climate change through innovation, today announces the appointment of Anders Wijkman as Chair of the Governing Board of Association Climate-KIC, with immediate effect.  Wijkman succeeds John Schellnhuber, who is stepping down having successfully served as Chair for six years, the maximum tenure of two terms.

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Published 10 April 2017 In early April we were informed that Lund University was awarded no less that two Climate-KIC Pathfinder Projects. Read more about the two awarded Projects here. An Auditing Tool for Climate Effective PackagingAssociate Professor Henrik Pålsson and Associate Professor Daniel Hellström of the Packaging Logistics department of Lund University was awarded a Pathfinder project

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Published 11 April 2017 Here is a video from Climate-KICs Ideation Day at DTU 27 January. Look out for dates for a possible second Ideation Day late autumn 2017.

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Published 5 May 2017 The Swedish cities of Malmö, Lund, Oskarshamn and Bjuv are looking for creative partners with innovative solutions that can be involved in a new venture, to convert waste heat into urban food or other biological production through an Open Innovation Competition. Clean residual heat emitted from a diverse range of sources – from single refrigerators to industrial sites – repres

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/urban-food-residual-heat-open-innovation-competition - 2025-05-13

Published 19 May 2017 Did you miss the Climate-KIC Workshop 16/5? We gathered most of the presentations so that you can seethem here. Climate-KIC WorkshopProgramme 13.00–16.00:13.00–13.10 Welcome and introduction13.10–13.35 Innovations and climate change – how far can it take us? Helena Tillborg, Kraftringen13.35–14.05 Climate KIC – How to access possibilities, funding and network. Henrik Sönderga

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-workshop-165 - 2025-05-13

By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 13 December 2024 Photo: Johan Persson The Pufendorf institute celebrates 15 years as an Institute for Advanced Study and many interdisciplinary groups have been at here and experienced the value of thinking and working together across disciplinary boundaries. We are happy to see that Pufendorf collaborations have conti

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By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 20 January 2025 2024 was the year when Pufendorf IAS' calls for applications reached further and beyond. We received many applications both to start Advanced Study Groups and Themes at the Pufendorf Institute. Decisions on which Theme applications will go all the way will be made in April. Right now, we are pleased to

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/four-new-advanced-study-groups-start-1-february-2025 - 2025-05-13

By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 6 March 2025 Photo: Sangharsh Lohakare/Unsplash. As advancements in genetic technology continue to benefit human health, concerns are mounting over their potential misuse in geopolitical conflicts. While discussions on the risks of genetic technology in international affairs have often focused on dramatic scenarios – s

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/greyzone-genomics-assessing-risks-dna-technology-global-power-struggles - 2025-05-13

By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 24 March 2025 Photo: Nilotpal Maity/unsplash Although the public sector makes up half of our economy, there is currently no interdisciplinary tax centre in Sweden. By linking research to specific societal challenges, Lund University aims to contribute to a more sustainable and efficient tax policy, while also reinforci

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/researchers-lund-university-launch-swedens-first-interdisciplinary-tax-centre - 2025-05-13

By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 31 March 2025 Photo: Hanna Barakat & Cambridge Diversity Fund The digital transformation of our world and the use of innovative digital technologies, including AI, reshape economic, social, political, and cultural interactions in most areas of life. While digital technologies may offer possibilities for development and

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-conference-digijustice-human-rights-age-ai-15-may - 2025-05-13

By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 9 April 2025 Photo: Johan Persson Soon, it is that time of year again, where current Themes, our interdisciplinary research groups here at Pufendorf IAS, arrange a palette of events. The events are open for all and free admission - but you do need to register for them. Enjoy interdisciplinary research outreach at its b

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By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 7 May 2025 From this to...? Photo taken at Ostia, Italy by Giacomo Landeschi. One of our interdisciplinary Themes, Ancient Synagogues and the Human Sensorium, decided to make this May even eventful(l)er. We are all for it. Especially since they provide simulations of the past with advanced computational methods, meetin

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By eva [dot] persson [at] pi [dot] lu [dot] se (Eva Persson) - published 12 May 2025 Today we welcome Antoinette Fage-Butler, associate professor at the Department of English at Aarhus University She is here at the Pufendorf IAS as part of the NordIAS Fellowship exchange and will visit the Institute for a week this time around, returning for a second week in autumn. With The NordIAS Fellowship exc

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